Yarn winding frame



D 1951 P. P. GOERDELER YARN WINDING FRAME Filed June 28, 1950 ATTORNEY INVENTOR Patented Dec. 25, 1951 UNITED STATES ,PATEYNTUOFFICEH Application June 28, 1950, Serial No. 170,809

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a yarn winding frame for W001 sculptoring by which various articles, such as toy animals can be constructed of yarn such as for example discarded yarn.

This device is an improvement of the Patent #2,373,393 issued on April 10, 1945, in the name of Mr. Edward T. Hall.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a yarn winding frame of the character described which will be easier to use and more reliable for holding the yarn than the previous frames.

It is a further object to provide a frame of the character described in which the yarn supporting wires may be held spaced at different distances from each other at their ends, so that tapered articles may be formed thereby without damage to the mechanism.

Previous frames comprised two parallel blocks of wood having spaced holes therein, through which rods may be inserted on which yarn is to be wound. With continued use, however, the holes in the wooden blocks wear too much to hold the rods, with the result that the frames become wobbly and the blocks slip up and down on the rods. Moreover, the rods customarily have their ends bent at right angles and as soon as they become loosened they turn out to the side and catch on the yarn.

The invention accordingly comprises a device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a section through the lines 3-3 of Fig. 2 broken away at the center.

In the drawings, the numeral 9 represents an upper block and the numeral I a lower block, each of which is divided along a median plane H, the block 9 thus being composed of two half blocks [2 and I3 and the block 10 of two half blocks 14 and [5.

The parts of the block 9 are held together by a screw it having a thumb nut thereon and the parts of the block Ill b a similar screw and nut H. The block 9 upon its upper face and the block I 0 upon its lower face, as seen in the drawings, are provided with grooves of rectangular crosssection throughout their length, as shown at [8 and I9. The blocks 9 and H), as will be seen from Fig. 3, are bored with a plurality of holes at the median plane, one half of each hole, therefore, being in each half of the blocks.

Extending between and through the blocks 9 and I0 and held in spaced relation thereby are a pair of wires 2| and 22, each fitting through corresponding openings 2|] in each block. The wires are bent over at right angles for a short distance, as shown at 24, and then bent around to form a handle 25. This portion 24 is adapted to lie in the slot I9, the handle 25 extending above it.

In the use of the device it is frequently desirable to set the rods in one set of openings in one block and in another set of openings in another block to produce a tapered effect. This I call one of the irregular positions. Such a set is readily made by simply loosening the thumb nuts and when the rods are in the irregular position, they may be firmly clamped by the nuts I! instead of forcing them down into the bottom of their grooves which would bend the rods and wear the openings in the blocks. This is one of the peculiar advantages of this improved construction.

The holes are drilled in the blocks while the blocks are slightly spaced from each other and are of slightly smaller size than the wires, so that thereafter when the wires 2! and 22 are inserted in the holes, the blocks may be clamped upon them by the screws 16 or H, holding them firmly in place and preventing the blocks from sliding upon the wires. At the same time, the fact that the bent over portions 23 and 24 lie in the grooves l8 and I9 prevents the wires from turning in the holes and helps to rigidity the frame.

Suitable means are provided for holding the blocks :2 and [3 in alignment with each other, which may take the practical form of pins 26 fixed in the block I3 and fitting into openings in the block l2. Similar pins 26 are employed to hold the blocks l4 and I5 in alignment.

This construction gives an unusually rigid frame which will hold its form while the yarn is being wound and while it is sewed in the various manners required to make the animals and other toys which can be made on it. At the same time, after these operations are complete, the entire device may be dissembled by loosening the thumb nuts without disturbance of the wound yarn.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and difierent embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic 3 and specific features of the invention herein described, and'all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

What is claimed is:

1. A yarn winding frame comprising a pair of parallel blocks each split upon median plane into two halves each having a series of holes therethrough with their axes in that plane whereby said holes-may bezopened laterally, by separatiing said halves, a pair of parallel wires each 4 extending through a hole in each block said holes having a size slightly smaller than the wire, and means to clamp the two halves of each block together upon the wires.

2. A claim according to claim 1 in which each block has a groove along its outer face, and each wire has its end bent over to lie in said groove. PEARL P. GOERDELER.

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